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Easy To Make License Plate Bookend

They say necessity is the mother of invention: that is true. My daughter needed a bookend so I did a little brain storming and dug through the house/garage for inspiration. I easily transformed these license plates into bookends.

How to:

Recycle a license plate by making it into a bookend. All you have to do is bend a license plate over the edge of a table. Easy.

I like the vintage look of these plates left as is but you could be creative and paint them for a modern look.

22 thoughts on “Easy To Make License Plate Bookend”

Truly inspired! I was JUST in the need of some bookends for my son’s room last night and look what I found today – really wonderful! I can’t wait to find some old license plates and give your idea a try

Just a suggestion for those in search of plates: I always see them in the scrap metal bin at the recycling center; if you have one near by you can see if they mind you rummaging around. I’ve never been questioned by the staff but always had an explanation about gathering art supplies at the tip of my tongue. Or you could try cragislist or freecycle.

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